Judge Lijo asked to keep all cases investigating the “financial rollover”

Federal Judge Ariel Lijo is seeking to consolidate a significant investigation into alleged "financial rollovers" by requesting a key case from Judge María Eugenia Capuchetti. This move aims to centralize the probe into complex financial maneuvers that have drawn the attention of former officials from Argentina's Ministry of Economy and the Central Bank.

Lijo has already succeeded in merging two other related cases following an intervention by the Federal Chamber. The case currently held by Capuchetti originated in 2021 from a complaint by the Central Bank against Marvic SA, a currency exchange agency. The agency allegedly engaged in a scheme to access the official dollar, with operations totaling approximately US$14.6 million between June and September 2021. The investigation later expanded to include other exchange houses.

This particular expediente was initially delegated to prosecutor Eduardo Taiano for four years and only gained momentum late last year when Judge Capuchetti resumed the investigation and initiated several evidence-gathering measures. A notable event occurred in late December when three judges simultaneously conducted raids: Casanello (later replaced by Lijo), Servini (who recently lost her case), and Capuchetti herself.

Lijo's argument for taking over Capuchetti's case rests on the "functional and operational dependence" between the individuals and entities investigated in both their respective dockets. He pointed to common names like Arg Exchange SA and Gis Cambio SA, among others. Lijo also highlighted the risk of multiple, simultaneous raids on the same commercial offices by two different courts. He noted that Maximiliano Ariel Vallejo, owner of Sur Finanzas, who appears in his file, is also mentioned in Capuchetti's case.

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From the comparison of the procedural object of both investigations, the involvement of a set of individuals and legal entities emerges that would be intimately related and associated with the same operation allegedly intended to acquire foreign currency at the official exchange rate to then channel it towards the parallel market.